To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand RafaOut. The tactic is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical football most of the mistakes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rafa's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The critics understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of Rafa's depravity, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who like Rafa truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the fact we got knocked out by Watford which is a cryptic reference to Ashley's underfunding. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Mike's genius unfolds itself on their television screens and he sacks Rafa for being shit. What fools... how I pity them. ? And yes by the way, I DO have a Mike Ashley tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
Was reading that with a mackem twang.